who scored the most points in their first 8 playoffs since 1979

LeBron James dropped the most points by a player in the playoffs in his first 8 playoffs, with 3,871 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	3,871	138	43.1	28.1	8.6	6.7	1.7	0.9	9.6	20.4	47.2	1.4	4.4	32.2	7.4	9.9	74.9	56.7	1.6	7.0	3.5	5,954	1,191	924	236	127	482	316	+614
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3,656	127	40.6	28.8	8.0	4.0	1.0	1.2	9.7	20.7	47.1	2.1	6.2	34.4	7.2	8.3	86.0	59.1	0.9	7.1	3.1	5,156	1,012	503	126	151	395	306	+631
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	3,570	134	37.3	26.6	5.4	6.2	1.6	0.3	8.8	19.5	45.2	4.2	10.4	40.1	4.8	5.4	89.2	60.8	0.8	4.6	3.3	4,998	719	833	210	38	447	341	+898
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3,184	92	42.0	34.6	6.7	6.8	2.4	1.0	12.6	24.9	50.7	0.6	1.9	33.7	8.8	10.4	84.0	58.7	1.6	5.1	3.5	3,862	613	624	219	92	324	311
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,142	128	42.3	24.5	10.9	6.4	1.9	0.9	9.2	19.2	47.9	0.5	1.3	34.9	5.7	6.3	89.2	55.8	2.5	8.5	3.2	5,413	1,397	817	241	121	414	376
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,956	105	40.1	28.2	12.7	3.2	0.6	2.2	11.0	19.4	56.6	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.3	50.3	56.8	4.8	7.9	3.1	4,208	1,332	339	68	231	323	366	+367
7	James Worthy J. Worthy	2,953	138	37.3	21.4	5.3	3.3	1.2	0.7	8.9	16.3	55.1	0.1	0.4	20.3	3.4	4.7	72.8	58.4	1.8	3.5	2.1	5,149	730	450	172	96	291	341
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2,936	121	39.0	24.3	8.2	4.9	1.2	0.9	8.1	18.5	43.9	2.4	6.9	34.8	5.6	6.7	84.1	56.6	1.0	7.2	2.9	4,725	989	592	143	106	352	318	+489
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2,838	118	40.7	24.1	12.7	3.6	0.7	2.7	8.8	17.4	50.5	0.0	0.2	13.0	6.4	9.1	70.4	56.1	3.4	9.3	3.2	4,801	1,499	424	80	318	378	367	+577
10	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	2,791	145	37.0	19.2	3.9	2.2	1.0	0.6	7.2	16.3	44.0	3.1	7.6	41.0	1.8	2.1	84.3	55.8	0.5	3.4	1.7	5,362	572	322	143	81	248	383	+595
11	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2,776	110	40.3	25.2	5.6	5.3	1.7	1.1	9.0	18.7	47.8	0.7	2.1	32.2	6.6	8.5	77.8	56.1	1.4	4.2	3.7	4,432	619	586	182	125	412	326	+396
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,758	109	37.3	25.3	9.0	3.6	1.1	2.8	10.3	18.6	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.2	75.6	59.4	2.5	6.5	3.0	4,066	976	393	120	304	325	389
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,694	119	38.3	22.6	4.8	4.4	1.4	0.7	8.1	18.8	43.4	1.0	3.2	32.3	5.3	6.7	79.2	52.1	1.2	3.7	2.7	4,556	577	528	161	89	319	376	+344
14	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2,608	135	33.5	19.3	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	7.2	15.0	48.2	1.9	5.5	35.4	2.9	4.0	72.7	57.6	1.1	4.6	2.4	4,524	771	346	134	56	323	380	+265
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,580	94	38.3	27.4	12.3	7.6	1.2	0.9	10.4	19.8	52.5	1.8	4.5	38.8	4.9	5.9	82.6	61.2	3.0	9.3	3.3	3,600	1,159	712	116	82	311	314	+138
16	Kevin McHale K. McHale	2,546	136	33.9	18.7	7.5	1.6	0.4	1.8	7.1	12.5	56.7	0.0	0.0	16.7	4.5	5.8	78.1	62.1	2.9	4.6	2.1	4,614	1,022	216	50	243	280	459
17	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	2,545	126	39.5	20.2	4.0	3.7	1.0	0.2	7.4	16.8	44.0	0.5	1.6	33.7	4.8	5.6	86.1	52.3	1.2	2.7	2.7	4,971	503	462	121	22	343	396	+418
18	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2,531	124	35.1	20.4	7.9	2.7	1.8	0.7	7.2	14.4	50.4	1.6	4.1	39.9	4.3	5.1	83.9	61.4	1.8	6.1	1.8	4,358	975	335	217	83	229	274	+640
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,375	93	37.9	25.5	6.9	7.8	1.9	0.3	8.8	21.4	41.3	1.4	4.6	30.0	6.5	7.7	84.0	51.6	1.9	5.0	3.9	3,523	641	725	179	25	367	265	+278
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,351	110	39.8	21.4	6.5	4.0	1.3	0.7	6.8	15.8	42.8	1.6	4.7	34.9	6.2	7.5	82.2	55.9	0.9	5.6	3.2	4,375	714	444	145	73	352	364	+206
21	Tony Parker T. Parker	2,300	122	36.6	18.9	3.1	4.9	1.0	0.1	7.5	16.4	46.0	0.6	2.0	29.4	3.2	4.5	71.2	51.4	0.5	2.6	2.9	4,460	380	597	118	10	348	272	+259
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,264	120	39.3	18.9	8.4	12.5	2.2	0.5	6.9	13.2	52.2	0.0	0.5	8.6	5.0	6.2	81.2	59.1	2.2	6.2	3.6	4,721	1,007	1,497	263	56	435	359
23	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,261	107	37.3	21.1	7.0	4.2	1.6	1.8	8.0	16.7	48.1	0.1	0.3	16.7	5.0	6.5	77.1	54.0	2.5	4.5	3.3	3,992	750	452	172	192	352	309
24	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	2,211	96	37.4	23.0	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.6	8.5	18.6	45.8	2.3	6.0	39.2	3.7	4.2	88.3	56.5	0.9	2.8	2.2	3,595	353	471	128	53	215	233	+517
25	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,211	136	35.2	16.3	9.9	1.3	0.8	1.9	6.5	12.9	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.5	72.2	54.4	3.0	6.9	2.3	4,790	1,346	178	113	255	315	475